lilfishi22 wrote:Totally agree with you
I don't think anyone can take more blame than McD. The players we have are doing their job and playing the way that made them successful. The issue is that this group of players just aren't that good together because they are all iso oriented players with low basketball IQ. It worked last year because we had Frye who was a great veteran presence and was one half of the duo which caused havoc against most teams. We also had Goran who worked well with Bledsoe since he's a smart guy who knew when to defer to Bledsoe and when to take the ball himself but that all went down the drain when IT was brought on board and our whole offensive scheme became just players trying to get theirs. Hornacek works well with high BB IQ guys because he's players coach with a laid back style who is happy to let his team play. This season with all the iso guys playing heavy minutes, it's particularly ugly when they all just try to get theirs.
Yes. Hornacek is not going to be able to turn chicken **** into chicken salad no matter how many people demand it. He did a masterful job last year. I think it is more likely he quits than gets canned and he would probably be a prime candidate for a new hc job immediately.
We have some idiot posters who don't see this. We have shuffled our team too much since last year and at mid season to expect a cohesive unit whatsoever. Half our team is new and people expect us to be beating premier teams? It's not like we have a superstar like OKC to carry us. Our two best players are first or second year starters and the second year starter only played half a season his first year and has changing teammates for the entire season.
It is amazing McD gets a pass so often when he has put this stuff on the floor. The thing is, though, many thought we were a tanking team last year, and it looked like it, and that we were going to go young and get those high picks and develop young guys.
The problem, if this is what the plan was, was that we overachieved too fast, and although McD probably wanted to move on from Frye and Dragic and go young, Sarver wants to win no matter what. I don't really blame either in their perspectives, but it was a clash, and it may have hurt us a bit in the long run. We did end up getting decent assets back for Dragic though and now our young guys are playing. If Warren ends up being what I think he can be, we may not have been all that better off getting a higher draft pick last year.
The biggest question is giving up Ennis and that pick for Knight. I like Knight, so I will try to reserve judgement on that, although it is tough, because it seems counterintuitive to what I thought McD was trying to do, but I want to believe in the team and be an optimist, so I will just continue to hope Knight was worth it. By all accounts he is a hard worker, has improved every year in the league, was a near all star, and is a good shooter and a pretty good ball handler. If you have an overall 8th pick in a draft that had improved every year and was nearly an all star, is giving up unknown assets bad? In most cases no.
But back to the main point, Hornacek is not the problem by any means...he has been give a mishmash of guys (some who were likely promised time and had to play by ultimatum) all year who in no way are ready to run a cohesive offense.
That is f*cked up, but that explains the drinking, sleeping late, and avoiding the team bus. 
But if you think it explains all the staff then mayby it's the cause 
And a long drawn out signing of Bledsoe, while not illegal or anything, it did seem to create some drama, tension, and a little panic signing.
There was lots of other drama like players complaining for role and minutes and showing disrespect for team (for example Frye giving 3 minutes to match his contract)